Conflans-Sainte-Honorine () is a commune in the Yvelines

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in the Île-de-France region in north-central France. It is located in the northwestern suburbs of Paris, from the center of Paris. The commune was originally named for its geographic position at the

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of the

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and Oise rivers. The village was given the addition "Sainte Honorine" in the 13th century after the female

Saint Honorina Saint Honorina (french: Sainte Honorine) is venerated as a saint by the Catholic Church. She is the oldest, most revered virgin martyr in the Normandy area of France but little is known of her. According to a tradition that exists in the diocese ...

, whose relics had been kept there since AD 876. Partly on account of its strategic position, Conflans-Sainte-Honorine is considered the capital of the French

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, and the right bank of the river

is still lined with barges (although these are now used mainly as houseboats). Every year in June, the town celebrates the ''Pardon national de la batellerie'' in remembrance of its former importance to inland shipping.

Population

Transport

Conflans-Sainte-Honorine is served by Conflans-Sainte-Honorine station on the Transilien Paris-Saint-Lazare regional rail line. It is also served by

Conflans-Fin-d'Oise station Conflans–Fin d'Oise is a railway station serving Conflans-Sainte-Honorine. It is a two-level station situated on the lines from Saint-Lazare to Cergy-le-Haut and from Saint-Lazare to Mantes-la-Jolie via Conflans-sainte-Honorine. Frequen ...

which is an interchange station on Paris

RER line A RER A is one of the five lines in the Réseau Express Régional (English: Regional Express Network), a hybrid commuter rail and rapid transit system serving Paris, France and its suburbs. The line crosses the region from east to west, with all t ...

and on the Transilien Paris-Saint-Lazare suburban rail line.

Education

the city's schools had 4,258 students. There are nine public preschools, seven public elementary schools, one private school, and an ''école régionale du premier degré'' (ERPD). Elementary schools: * École élémentaire Chennevières * École élémentaire Clos-d’en-Haut * École élémentaire Côtes-Reverses * École élémentaire Gaston-Rousset * École élémentaire Grandes-Terres * École élémentaire Henri-Dunant * École élémentaire Paul-Bert The médiathèque Blaise-Cendrars has digital documents and multimedia services.

Samuel Paty The murder of Samuel Paty (), a French Secondary education in France#Collège, secondary school teacher, took place on 16 October 2020 in Éragny-sur-Oise, a suburb of Paris. Paty was killed and Decapitation, beheaded by an Islamic terrorism, Is ...

, a middle school teacher at Collège du Bois d'Aulne in Conflans-Sainte-Honorine, was killed and beheaded in 2020 in an Islamist terrorist attack.

Parks and recreation

Centre aquatique de Conflans has the town's pool.

Personalities

Charb Stéphane Jean-Abel Michel Charbonnier (; 21 August 1967 – 7 January 2015), better known as Charb (), was a French satirical caricaturist and journalist. He was assassinated during the ''Charlie Hebdo'' shooting on 7 January 2015. He wor ...

(1967–2015), satirical caricaturist and journalist, was born in Conflans *

Samuel Coco-Viloin Samuel Coco-Viloin (born 19 October 1987 in Conflans-Sainte-Honorine)Team Fra ...

(born 1987), track and field athlete *

Gérard Genette Gérard Genette (7 June 1930 – 11 May 2018) was a French literary theorist, associated in particular with the structuralist movement and such figures as Roland Barthes and Claude Lévi-Strauss, from whom he adapted the concept of ''bricolage ...

(1930–2018), literary critic and theorist of literature, spent part of his childhood there *

Jean-Paul Huchon Jean-Paul Huchon (; born 29 July 1946) is a French retired civil servant and politician who served as Mayor of Conflans-Sainte-Honorine from 1994 to 2001 and President of the Regional Council of Île-de-France from 1998 until 2015. Biography ...

, president of the regional council for Île-de-France, Socialist party, former mayor of Conflans (1994–2001) * Michel Rocard (1930–2016), French prime minister (1988–1991), Socialist party, mayor of Conflans (1977–1994) *

Nicolas Roche Nicolas Roche (; born 3 July 1984) is an Ireland, Irish former professional Road bicycle racing, road bicycle racer who last rode for UCI WorldTeam . He has twice been national champion and has twice finished in the top ten of the Vuelta a Espa� ...

(born 1984), Irish professional cyclist, was born here *Nicolas Szerszen, volleyball player at Ohio State University. AVCA national Player of the Year (2016). NCAA tournament Most Outstanding Player (2017).

Twin towns – sister cities

Conflans-Sainte-Honorine is twinned with: * Großauheim (Hanau), Germany *

Chimay Chimay (, wa, Chimai) is a city and Municipalities of Belgium, municipality of Wallonia located in the Hainaut Province, province of Hainaut, Belgium. In 2006, Chimay had a population of 9,774. The area is 197.10 km2 which gives a populatio ...

, Belgium *

Ramsgate Ramsgate is a seaside resort, seaside town in the district of Thanet District, Thanet in east Kent, England. It was one of the great English seaside towns of the 19th century. In 2001 it had a population of about 40,000. In 2011, according to t ...

, England, United Kingdom

References

External links

Official website

Conflans tourist office
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